Just added support for this function (target::has-executed('foo') to cvs ...
Gert
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From: "Scott Hernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [nant-dev] Change to "call" task makes upgrade difficult
> I hear you; Maybe what we should do, is to put back support for <call
> force="false"/>, would this work for you?
>
> In the next version we will have expression/function support. It will be
> possible to do this (or something like it):
>
> <call target="foo" unless="target::has-executed('foo')/>
>
> I think this will give you the power to simplify things.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> Please post your patch for your <exec/> changes :)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James C. Papp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:56 PM
> Subject: [nant-dev] Change to "call" task makes upgrade difficult
>
>
> > The change to the "call" task makes upgrading our build scripts to the
> newest
> > version of NAnt extremely difficult. We used the "call" task as a way
to
> > handle dynamic dependences, which cannot be accomplished with the
> "depends"
> > attribute on targets.
> >
> > If I submit a new task called "depends" that works like this:
> >
> > <target name="A">
> > <if propertytrue="foo">
> > <depends ontarget="B,C"/>
> > </if>
> > </target>
> >
> > ...would the NAnt development team be willing to incorporate it? It
would
> work
> > just as the "depends" attribute does now, except targets only gets
> resolved
> > when the task is encountered. This way, the changes made to the "call"
> task
> > can stay the way they are.
> >
> > Currently, the only work around we have now, is to add many properties
> that are
> > used to prevent a tasks for being executed more then once. This new
task
> would
> > make things much cleaner and simpler to understand. Comments welcomed,
> > especially on the names.
> >
> > I also have some patches for the "exec" task which adds "resultproperty"
> and
> > "outputproperty" attributes, which functions just like Ant (though,
> > "outputproperty" includes both standard and error streams and is
returned
> even
> > if output is redirected).
> >
> > James.
>
>
>
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